Imagine owning the most
comprehensive magic book ever written. This would surely be a treasured
possession for any magician with each chapter focusing on a single
aspect of the craft and the very best routines ever created for it.
That's the idea behind L&L Publishing's critically-acclaimed DVD
series, The World's Greatest Magic by the World's Greatest Magicians.
Each volume is like another chapter in the world's best magic book.
Featuring in-depth exposition and instruction on some of magic's most
cherished and classic effects by its most-talented practitioners, this
unprecedented series represents an essential reference work for anyone
interested in the magical arts, regardless of their skill level.

In
1942, magician Paul Curry invented a card trick that would take the
world of pasteboard sorcery by storm. Dubbed Out of This World, this
effect, where a spectator separates the red cards from the black ones
without looking at them, featured a very rare combination of an
extremely powerful effect with an almost self-working methodology and
quickly became the most talked-about card trick of its time. On this
DVD, you'll meet five different performers who each has a singular take
on this classic trick. Michael Ammar is first with an easy-to-perform
version that echoes Curry's original method. Steve Draun is next with a
streamlined version that eliminates any packet switches in the middle of
the effect while David Regal takes the Curry methodology a step
further, with the spectator not only separating the cards by color but
by suit, also! Glenn Falkenstein uses a classic Triumph-like effect to
set the deck up for his version of Curry's miracle while, finally,
Eugene Burger offers some thoughts, not just on the methodology, but
more so on the presentational aspects of the trick.

Curry later
recalled that the concept of the trick came to him in about 15 minutes
and he didn't understand why it would fool magicians. But, fool them it
did! Curry's brainchild has become one of the most famous card tricks of
all time and in fact, in the famous Genii-Orben poll, was voted as one
of the greatest tricks in magic history. What's more, it can now be a
part of your own repertoire as an anytime, anywhere, any deck miracle.